Improvement in kettle-handles



. an Adjustable'Kettle-Handle, of which the following ignited wiet @wat @yllw Letters Patent No. 114,860, dated May 16, 1871.

lMPROYEMEN IN KETTLvE-HANDL'ES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and part of the-same.

I, Honden T. RoBBINs, of Hyde Park, county of I Norfolk` and State of Massachusetts, have invented is a. specication.

TheV nature of my invention consists in applying an Y adjustable side handle tb kettles for the purpose of emptying them of their contents (especially when hot) more readily than -in the ordinary manner. i

Figure 1 is a perspective view of. a kettle havingv my adjustable handle applied to it.

Figure 2 is a sideview of the handle on an eularged scale, and-detached from the kettle. e E Figure 3 is a view of the sameV at right angles to g. 2. 'Figure 4 is a section on the line A B.1

.a is the kettle.

b, the handle. v caud d, slots in the handle ittingthe kettle. I construct my adjustable kettle-handle substantially as shown in the drawing, of cast-iron or any suitable material, with two slots, c and d, the formerfitting -the top of kettleshaving a perpendicular edge, and

the latter those having a Haring edge.

When applied to a'kettle for thepurpps'e of tipping or emptying it, the hook e of the handle grasps the innemen the knob fthe outer side of the kenne, if it has a perpendieular edge; but if a daring edge, the knob g grasps the outer side and firmly holds it as long there is any upward or lifting pressure on thehandles, -so thatrthecontents may be emptied" as'readly as from a pitcher; as soon as the lifting pressureis withdrawn-the handle `may be removed at once'.

There may be 'more slots added to4 the handle if found desirable, but two are' sufficient for 'all stovekettles; or the handle may be made with but one slot, the same as this would be if the knob f were removed; this however, would leaye the handle too loose when applied to a kettle having a perpendicular edge. Or

the slots in the handle may be substituted by a cavity in the side or bottom of a kettle for 'the handle to iit into; but these are objectionable, as not being so readily adjusted and not at all applicable to kettles -now in use.

An adjustable kettle-handle, in combination with a kettle arranged substantially in the manner and for thepurpose of emptying a kettle, as specied.

HORACE T. ROBBINS.

Witnesses:

'EDWIN A. Amami CHARLES M. CHAMBEBLAIN. 

